SW 40th Blvd & SW Archer Rd
#2 on the Red ListGrade F. About 42 crashes a year, 2.7× what a similar intersection sees. Most are rear-end crashes. Suggested fix: appropriate yellow change intervals.
Crashes a year
422.7× a similar intersection
Crash rate for its traffic
3.8×the median similar intersection, per car driving through
1.7 vs 0.5 crashes per million cars
Since January 2022
190crashes in total
4 walking, 3 on a bike, none fatal
What stands out
Mostly rear-end crashes, at about the usual share for an intersection like this.
When crashes happen
Busiest 3 PM to 7 PM, worst on Fridays.
The fix
Appropriate yellow change intervals
- 36-50% fewer red-light running where it's been tried
- 8-14% fewer total crashes where it's been tried
- 12% fewer injury crashes where it's been tried
CostLow
How this fix worksThe intersection
- YesSignal
- YesCrosswalk
- YesLeft-turn lane
- YesMedian
Camera angles
From above, and from the street. Turn the street view to look down each road.
Read the full write-up
The signalized intersection at SW Archer Rd and SW 40th Blvd ranks 2 citywide in safety screening, recording 190 total crashes since 2022 with 25 excess crashes per year. According to FDOT data from the 2015-2018 period, rear-end collisions were the most common collision type at 58%, which is normal for similar signalized locations. No crash types are identified as distinctive at this corner. Adjusting traffic signal timing with appropriate yellow change intervals is recommended, as FHWA reports this low cost countermeasure provides an 8-14% reduction in total crashes.
Rear-end. FDOT crash records from 2015-2018 indicate that rear-end collisions comprised 58% of crashes, compared to 52% at similar corners. Because this category is not in the distinctive crash types list, this proportion is normal for similar intersections. The evidence points to standard traffic interactions rather than an isolated site-specific crash pattern.
Written by Gemini from the numbers on this page.